§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Attorney-General what steps he has taken to recruit members of ethnic minorities in top grades of employment in the Law Officers Department.
(a) Women (b) Ethnic minorities Grade Numbers Percentage Numbers Percentage Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers 3 1 100.0 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2 50.0 1 25.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 Overall 6 32.0 3 16.0 Treasury Solicitor's Department 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 No post holders 5 5 13.0 0 0.0 6 14 23.0 4 7.0 7 12 23.0 8 15.0 Overall 173 39.0 96 21.0 Crown Prosecution Service 1 0 0.0 Figures on ethnic minorities do not cover all staff as they are derived from a voluntary questionnaire. Current records indicate that about 5 per cent, of staff in grades 1 to 7 are from ethnic minority backgrounds. Overall, records indicate that about 5.5 per cent are from ethnic minorities 2 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 5 2 4.0 6 24 13.0 7 583 38.0 Overall 3,245 59.0 Serious Fraud Office 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2 20.0 0 0.0 6 3 21.0 1 7.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 Overall 83 38.5 7 8.4
§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Attorney-General when the Law Officers Department last conducted a survey of the ethnic origins of its employees; when it next plans to do so; and whether he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Departments for which I am responsible, other than the Crown prosecution service and the Serious Fraud Office, took part in the nationwide survey of non-industrial civil servants which was completed in 1988.
The Crown prosecution service conducted a survey in January 1990.
The Serious Fraud Office has not previously undertaken a monitoring exercise because the origins of
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§ The Attorney-GeneralRecruitment at senior grades in the civil service is carried out by the Civil Service Commission. The Commission has taken various steps to aid recruitment of members of the ethnic minorities.
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§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Attorney-General how many and what percentage of officers in each grade (1–7) and overall in the Law Officers Department are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities, respectively.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn the Departments for which I am responsible the number and percentage of officers in each grade from 1 to 7 and overall who are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities respectively as at 1 April 1990 (4 March 1991 in the case of the Crown prosecution service) are as follows:
the individuals have been known to management, due to the small size of the Department. In the Serious Fraud Office the setting up of an equal opportunities review will be undertaken by the recently appointed grade 7 head of finance and establishment officer. As a result, it is expected that a formal monitoring and review system will be in place by the summer of this year.
In the other Departments, information on the ethnic origins of staff has been kept up to date.